Happy Days debut off to a sour start in TV critics view
AP Television writer Lowry reviews CBS summer replacement Happy Days noting a busy but ineffective premiere. The show features impersonations and nostalgic bits of the 1930s, with weak wit, awkward pacing, and out of context performances, leaving the hour below TV’s finest hour.
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New York
CBS
Jim Nabors
Louis Nye
Berkeley
Laurel and Hardy
W. C. Fields
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Bob
Ray
Helen O’connell
Ray Eberle
Buddy Rich
Miss O’connell
Eberle
First TV appearance of FDR at 1939 World’s Fair opening
Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first president to appear on television during the opening of the 1939 World’s Fair in New York City on April 30. The historic broadcast marked a new era for presidential communication.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York City
Dear Abby column from 1970 readers request guidance
A 1970 Dear Abby column discusses a mother upset by her husband bringing another woman to her son's Little League games. Abby advises asking him to stop and notes it harms the child. Additional letters praise proper parenting, ask about Gospel verses, and encourage reading.
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Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune-M
Abby
Jesus
Virginia map tour offers world travel at home
Richmond AP notes a Virginia travel spoof listing many places with world names. The piece highlights a 28 page pronounciation guide by the Virginia Associated Press Broadcasters edited by Ron MacDonald and John Morgan, sold for 1.12 dollars. The guide aims to clarify place names for radio announcers and is available from VAPB in Richmond.
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Richmond
Jamaica
Paris
Vienna
Amsterdam
Rio
Edinburg
Moscow
Warsaw
Thomas Cook & Son
Virginia
Middlesex County
Fauquier
Fairfax
Botetourt
Albemarle
Shenandoah
Augusta
Richmond County
Old Dominion
Holy Land
Ararat
Ark
Cana
Damascus
Edom
Lebanon
Syria
Ben Hur
Vesuvius
Sparta
Troy
Stratford
Londonbridge
Gambol
Verona
Monterey
Scotland
Nance
Dixie
Mathews County
Virginia Associated Press Broadcasters
Kecoughtan
Ron MacDonald
Washington and Lee University
John Morgan
WFVA
Fredericksburg
King George County
Topless Grandma Weds in Working-Garb Nightspot
Margie Grant a 37 year old grandmother, divorcee, married again in a topless wedding at a nightspot where she works as a topless waitress. She shows off a wallet with family photos and recalls customers reacting with surprise to her grandmom status.
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Atlanta
Margie Grant
Grant
Margie
Rippon Area Hosts At Weekend Cookouts And Dinners
A series of social visits are reported with families from Falls Church Charles Town Berryville Boyce and Denton sharing cookouts picnics and dinners. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kearns and others with their children attending at various local homes.
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Boyce
Kibler
Fred Pope
Berryville
Gilbert Royston
Marvin Adams
Neten Magaha
Daugher
Mary Helen
Denton
Charles Adams
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Stephenson
W. E. Edwards
Charles R. Duvall
Department of Highways
Staunton
Clarke County
Bessie Lewis Powell
Luray
Highway Department
Virginia Department of Highways
Dear Abby
Caught
Meadville
Los Angeles
Cal
Holland
Dublin
Caroline County
Stafford
Midway Island
Shanghai
King & Queen
Mao
Newport
Shadow
Crane's Nest
Gloucester County
Floyd County
Patrick County
Lahore
Orange County
Upright
Essex County
Maidens
Goochland
Accomack
Casanova
Ino
Uno
Moon
Eclipse
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Gore
Rippon News Brief
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